The Birds and the Bees when you're Three

Carter has a fascination with babies. He loves them, wants to hold them, tickle them, basically mal them. Every time he sees a baby he says, “Awww, that baby is so cute!” He even has imaginary babies (they come in twos around here) that we have to be quiet for because they are sleeping, or feed because they are hungry. So I wasn’t surprised when Amanda came over with her baby that Carter was all over him. I was surprised though when he asked her if she had gotten her baby at the baby store. We laughed about it and thought it was cute, but I didn’t think much else of it. But as we ran into other people with babies Carter kept asking if they had gotten their baby from the baby store. I finally decided I had better try and set the record straight when Carter asked our home teacher if he had any boys (meaning kids), and when he said no, Carter said, “Oh, do you have to buy some at the baby store?”

Fast forward a couple of days as I am looking online and come across a friend’s blog that has posted pics of herself pregnant, in the hospital, in labor, pics of her baby just newly born – basically the whole process. So I call both of the boys in for a little chat. As I’m showing them the pics of her very pregnant belly I’m telling them, “See how big her belly is? There’s a baby in there. Babies don’t come from the baby store, they grow in mommies tummies.” Both of the boys are looking at me skeptically, but I could tell that Spencer was especially distressed by this. Finally he asked, “Mom, did she EAT the baby?!?”

It never ceases to amaze me how literally they take things. To him that is how thing get inside your belly is by eating them. Luckily a simple, “No she did not eat the baby, that’s just where it grows” satisfied him, for now at least.

Family project

My mom found this gem in the classifieds on KSL. A family who had moved here from out of state a few years ago had this swing set at their old house. When they moved they decided to bring it with them but they didn’t have the instructions for it anymore. So they labeled all of the pieces with blue tape and made their own instructions on how to reassemble it. Five years later they never ended up putting it together and they had lost their homemade instructions. All they had was a picture of their kids playing on it, and it wasn’t even a picture of the whole thing. My mom was very excited when she found it, but when I saw the pile of wood I wasn’t so sure. It was a process that took the whole family, but we figured it out, and the boys love it! It’s not quite finished, but we have some big plans for it in the Spring.

The picture they gave us, our instructions.

All of the pieces

Staining all of the pieces

The decroded blue tape that was on every single piece of wood and had to be removed - I think this took the most time.
My mom (the brains of the operation) and Matt studying the picture tyring to figure it out.
Progress!

Trial run on the swings.

Helping dad

The final product, for now at least.

October

Going to the park is always fun, especially on a beautiful day like this. It's one of my favorite times of year when the weather has cooled off but it hasn't gotten cold yet.

A rare sight these days, I really miss the days when the boys used to take long afternoon naps.

After disappearing for a while one day Spencer re-appeared looking like this. He told me that he just wanted his eyelashes big like mine. I was actually impressed with how well he applied the mascara, and with the fact that he didn't poke his eye out.

We had our first snow of the year and the boys were soooo excited. They really wanted to be able to put on all of their snow gear and go and play. Who am I to stand in the way of fun? It was very cold out there but they stayed out until they were popsicles. Even then I had to drag them inside. I told them now to worry, there’s plenty more of that to come.

We made these frog masks in our preschool group. Good for both a mask and a frog fight.

They boys went to a little Halloween party with their preschool group. Apparently Spencer had to go to the bathroom during the party and his costume didn’t make it back on. Good thing he had his Spiderman shirt on underneath.


Halloween just gets more and more fun the older the boys get! Of course both boys wanted to be Spiderman so we had matching costumes again. I wonder at what age they will want to start being different things? They were the cutest Spidey's on the block!

Girls Trip

Wow, what a weekend! I was so excited to get the chance to go down to St. George for a fun-filled weekend of food, shopping, relaxation, and most of all FriEndS! I had the best time with these ladies. I am so lucky to have been friends with these amazing girls since Jr. High. Even though so much has changed in our lives, when we get together it’s like no time has passed at all. It was so fun to act silly, shop ‘til we dropped, and laugh my guts out. I can’t wait to do it all again!
I should also mention my amazing husband who not only took care of the boys all weekend, but had the house cleaned and had taken the boys to the grocery store so he could make me a nice dinner when I got home. Seriously, I'm a lucky gal!

September

It was a BIG day for the Speirs boys, the first day they got to go to a real golf course and hit balls. I don’t know who was more excited, Matt or the boys. We took them to Wing Point and between the planes and hitting balls the boys had a blast! Matt was one proud papa out there, it was pretty dang cute!!

We love us some Play-Doh!

Utah State Fair – Farm animals, pony rides, food - what could be more fun? Spencer was most impressed with the bees, and Carter was lovin’ the sheep.

Snack Time

I met up with a friend of mine at the Children’s Museum at Gateway. We had never been there before and I was impressed. The boys had a ton of fun and they were so busy I didn’t even know where they were half the time. I actually got to have an uninterrupted conversation for more than two seconds – money well spent!